03.76.2004 - Intel Showcases Innovative Wireless Sensor Networks For In-Home Health Care Solutions

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 16, 2004 - Intel Corporation is giving government officials a first-hand look at compelling future in-home health care applications at a technology demonstration hosted today by the Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST). In-home technology prototypes illustrate how tiny silicon-based sensing devices, discreetly embedded in objects such as shoes, furniture and home appliances, could make it possible for elders, Alzheimer's disease patients and others with disabling conditions to continue to live at home. Intel and university researchers determined that wireless sensor networks, combined with powerful computing and complex algorithms, can effectively send prompts through various household devices to assist the elderly and infirm, as well as ease the workload of caregivers. - View Press Release - Visit Intel Corporation